Smoke consumer or purifier



A. GABOR.

SMOKE CONSUMER 0R PURIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR29, 1918. 1,359,340.

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vPatented Nov. 16, 1920.

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A. GABOR.

SMOKE CONSUMERDR PURIFIER: APPLICATION r|LED`MAR.29, 191s.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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.2* 2 of Fig; 1, I v VFig.V 3 is vertical section thi'oughthe UNITED STATES `PA TENT oFFicErf ALEXANDER GABVOR, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SMOKE CONSUMER 0R PURIFIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.y Patented NOV, 16, 1920.

Application filed March 29, 1918. Serial No. 225,497.

To all 'who/m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER GABOR, a subject of the King of Roumania, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in gases to passiupwardly through a 'chimney for atmospherical distribution. VVMorespeciically, the object of the invention is to provide a drum or retainer which has communicationy with the outlet end of the stack leading from a fire box, or furnace, in which ,drum are positioned a plurality of perforated water distributing drums to Awhich relatively cool water is fed under pressure and forced through the perforation therein to co-iningle with the products ofv combustion and remove the; solid ringredients "therefrom, which composite ingredients together'with the water pass upon suitable 'baffles' within 4the Vdrum vand are guidedA t0 youtlet pipes for fdeliveryY lto va, sewerage lVith thefforegoing and other objects in view, this invention consists 'in such novel features'of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described,'illustrated in the accompany'ing drawings ,and claimed. v

`In describing theinvention 1ndetail, reference `willi be rhadfto' the Y accompanying `drawings vwhereinY like characters designate likeand corresponding parts Ythroughout the several views andin which-:gl

v VFigurel is a vertical section throughtlie improved smoke consumer or purifier, i i 'Fig. 2 -is a horizontal section on the line water distributing drum,

Fig. 4A is a fragmentary vertical section through the housing of the smoke consumer having the water distributing drums removed,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the water distributing drum,

Figs.Y 6, 7, and S are vertical sections through modified forms, of thewat'er distributing drums. l f Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the stack or chimney leading from a fire box, furnace or lotherfsuitable device in which a fire isbuilt. The products of combustion of the fire -pass through the stack or chimney lQinto the housing 2 of thev smoke consumer? or purifier structure which housing is supported i by a suitable fsupporting structure The housing 2 is substantially compound-conical in shape, having an annular angel formed about the center thereof which flange rests upon the horizontal portion 5 ofthe support 3. The upper portionv of the-housing 2,A pro-jects abovethe supporting .structure -Sand is provided with an opening, which is closedby a suitable slidable door structure '7'. A stack 8 communicateswith the upperV endof theupper portion 6 to permit ofthe passage' ofthe gases'of thel products of combustion upwardly therethrough for atmospherical distribution.- 1

Thelower portion 9forf theyhousingl2 extends downwardly finto the supporting 10 formed thereon which baffles arejcircular V,in plan, and havetheinwalls` inclining in- 'wardly toward tho centralfaxis ofthehousf ing 2 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and/1 of the drawings, to provide pockets 11 vexteriorly Yof the baHe plate Zand between the outer surfacesrof the baiiieplate and the'inner vstructure 3 and it has: apluralityV ofjbales surfacesof the adjacent portions of tliesec- .i

tion 9.-* Openings l2 communicate with the lowermost portion -of the pocket-11 and branch pipes 13 extend through these open- `ings'having communication with the pocket and with pipes 14; The pipes 11,` entendv downwardly alongfthe outer surface of the lower portion 9Vof the housing 2 andall communicate with ya main drain or outlet pipe 15 which may lead into a sewerage sysjtem or any other similar place as desired;Y

A water distributing drum structure 'genericallyindicated by the numeral 16 is positioned within, the. housing Zand it` comprises a plurality of drums 17,18, and

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arranged one above the other and each drum being slightly vsmaller in diameter than the one Vnext thereabove asr clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing. lilhe drums 17,18, and 19 have the lower angular portions 2O of their walls provided with apluralityoi' relatively small perforations 21. A pipe 22 is'connected to the upperlmost drum 17 and it is detachably connected to a waterfeed pipe or hose 22' which may have communication with a water stor- 'age tank, a water main or any other suitable structure whichV will force water therethrough under pressure. The pipe 22 projects downwardly within the waterA distributing drum17 and has its lower end flared outwardly as Ashown at 28. A pipe 24 isl positioned within the pipe ,22, Yand is threadably connected to a iian'ge 25 formed in the bottom 26 of the drum ,17. The pipe 24 is :torined'upon or is suitably connected to the uppermost portion of the drum 18 or'vfeedingwater to this drum.

pipe 27 is positioned within the pipe 24 and Y the base 29 of the drum 18.

vit extends downwardly through this pipe,

and through the drum 18 having its lower end connectedto a collar 28formed upon A. pipe 30 which is formed upon the'drum v19 is also connected tothe flangeY 28 so that water Y passing downwardly through the pipe -27 the Vpipes 14 and drain pipe 15.

In Fig". 5 of the drawing, a modified form of :the lwater distributing" drums 'is illuswill enter and' pass through the pipe 30 into the* drum 19, The base 31 of the drum 19 is concave-convex, projecting upwardly into the drum as 'clearly wshown in Fig. k8 of the drawing for 'defle'cting laterally the water Iwhich enters the 'drum from the pipe 30. VThe lower end 'of the pipe'() which projects Vinto the drum is fiaredoutwardly as shown at 32150 prevent back or upward pressure of lthewater within thedrum.

4The'water enters the variousdrums 17, 18, and 19 'under pressure and isf forced through the perforar-tions 21 in relatively fine streams which mingle with the 4products of combustion which le'nt'e'rthe housing =2 Vfrom 'fthechinney or stack 1. The relatively fine streams of' water passing through and invterniin,i', 'ling with the products of combustion willv vcarrythe solid ingredient of the fproducts of combustion downwardly therewithy into the pocketv 11, and out of these pocketsV through v,the branch pipe l13 into outwardly through the Y trated.

In this form, the drums 173,18, and 19a formportions of spheres,rand are provided with Vpe-rforations -211L arranged' annularly Y vabout the drum between their uppermost portions `and their lowcrmost edges. The

' sides vof the drums V17, 18a,ffafnd. 1911 curve upwardly, as shown in the section through A thirdY the drum 17a, illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing, and form the bottom for the drum. The'bottoms of the drums 17a and 18a terminate ininternally threaded flanges 25a to which the various pipes which extend through the drum are attached to properly hold these pipes in their relative position and permit the passage of the water under trall-y disposed internally screw threaded An upstanding flange 27h is flange 251?. formed integrally with the upper portion of the drum 17? and it is externally and internally screw threaded as' shown at 28b for connection with the variousV feed water pipes. The lower portion 201 of the drum 17 b Vis provided with` a plurality of perfora-A tions 21b through which 4the water egresses. In Fig; 8,' the modified water distributing drums 4indicated by the numeral 19c -is substantially egg-shaped,except that the bottom 311? thereof is concavo-convexly formed,

extending upwardly into the center of the body of the drum toprovide a defiector for defleeting the water toward the perforations 21c thereof. The body of the drum 19 has a pipe section 27@ formed thereon a portion of which projects downwardly into the body and has its lower terminalflared outwardly as shown at 32G for assisting the bulged inwardly portion vof the bottom 31b in prop- Y erly guiding-the water through the perforation 215?. he portion of the pipe 27 which projects` outwardly. above thev body of the drum 19 is externally 4and internally'A screw "threaded, vbeing externally 'screw threaded for connection with the flange formed Vinthe bottom of the ldrum next thereabove and internally screw threaded for connection with the pipe 28 which suppliesY the ywater to this drum structure. It should 'be noted that 'by having the drums reduced in size as shown in Figs. 1

vand 2 the drums will produce a wedge shaped structure which will be engaged by thesmo'ke passingV throughthe pipe 1 and thereforeV this `smoke willbe divided into'a hollow or circular curtain lthus permitting the water spray from the drum -to very etl'ectively pass through all-of theV smoke.

VThe smoke will thereore be very feiiiciently acted upon by the water-and the solid matter in the smoke will be removed. By having lower or inner end portions of the pipes Y'16, '30 and 27c liared as'.shown at 23,332 and 32 respectively the water will be guided in its passage through the vdrum and thus pass out evenly through the opening formed in the drum. This will produce a verv eilicient spray which will act very efficiently on the smoke. Y

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alteration to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

l. In a device as set forth, a housing, a plurality of baffle plates positioned within said housing and coacting with the walls of the housing to form pockets, outlet pipes communicating with said pockets, drums positioned within said housing in superposed relation and tapered to provide a smoke separating wedge, the drums being provided with a plurality of relatively fine perforations, positioned Jfor directing the streams of water into said pockets, and means for communicating with said drums for feeding water under pressure to the drums.

2. In a device as set forth, a retaining housing having a plurality of baffles formed integrally therewith and inclining inwardly toward the' central axis of the housing, said baflles coacting with the walls of the housing to form pockets7 the pockets being provided with water outlets, a plurality of drums positioned within said housing in superimposed relation and provided with a plurality of relatively small perforations to deflect water through the housing into said pockets, the drums being positioned above their respective troughs and tapered to pro- 40 ALEXANDER GABOR de VOYLA.

Witnesses:

BERNARD A. MULLER, E. K. BRADLEY. 

